Due to the generation shift, the central challenge has become to preserve the memories of the survivors of National Socialist persecution and to anchor these within 21st century cultural memory. In this transition phase, which includes rapid technical developments within information and communications technology, high expectations are being made of the collections of survivors audio and video interviews. This publication reflects the interdisciplinary debates currently taking place on the various digital techniques of preserving eyewitness interviews. The focus is how the changes in media technology are affecting the various fields of work, which include storage/archiving, education as well as the reception of the interviews.

Nicolas Apostolopoulos, who was born in Athens, Greece, is the founder and managing director of the Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS), the Competence Center for e-learning, e-research and multimedia at the Freie Universität Berlin. He has initiated and conducted many national and international research projects focused on e-learning, multimedia repositories and collaborative learning environments, all supported by third party grants and funding. Networks of integrated e-learning environments, didactic aspects of multimedia teaching and learning systems, and problem oriented e-learning represent the core areas of Apostolopoulos work in research and teaching. He is Honorary Professor of Media-based Didactics at the Department of Education of the Freie Universität Berlin. Apostolopoulos is a member of the Expert Group of the German Commission for Unesco.